Evictions

Art and Spatial Politics

Rosalyn Deutsche

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English

MIT Press
31 July 1998

Theory of architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Cultural studies; Political structures: democracy

Series: Graham Foundation / MIT Press Series in Contemporary Architectural Discourse

Since the 1980s a great deal has been written on the relationship between art, architecture, and urban planning and design, on the one hand, and the politics of space on the other. In Evictions Rosalyn Deutsche investigates-and protests against-the dominant uses of this interdisciplinary discourse. Deutsche argues that critics on both the left and the right invoke harmonious images of space that conceal and justify exclusions-whether the space in question is a city, park, institution, exhibition, identity, or work of art. By contrast, she calls for a democratic spatial critique that takes account of the conflicts that produce and maintain all spaces, including the space of politics itself. Evictions examines how aesthetic and urban ideologies were combined during the last decade to legitimize urban redevelopment programs that claimed to be beneficial to all, yet in reality tried to expunge traditional working classes from the city. Combining critical aesthetic theory about the social production of art with critical urban theory about the social production of space, Deutsche exposes this unspoken agenda. She then responds to a new alliance of prominent urban and cultural scholars who use critical spatial theory to protect traditional left political projects against the challenges posed by new radical cultural practices. In her critique, Deutsche mobilizes feminist and postmodern ideas about the politics of visual representation and subjectivity. She also intervenes in debates taking place in art, architecture, and urban studies about the meaning of public space, and places these struggles within broader contests over the definition of democracy. Opposing the nostalgic belief that democracy's survival demands the recovery of a once unified public sphere, Deutsche contends that conflict, far from undermining public space, is a prerequisite for its existence and growth.

Contents Introduction . I. The Social Production of Space . Krzysztof Wodiczko's Homeless Projection and the Site of Urban ""Revitalization."" . Uneven Development- Public Art in New York City . Representing Berlin . Property Values- Hans Haacke, Real Estate, and the Museum . II. Men in Space . Men in Space . Boys Town . Chinatown, Part Four? What Jake Forgets about Downtown . III. Public Space and Democracy . Tilted Arc and the Uses of Democracy . Agoraphobia

By: Rosalyn Deutsche
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 816g
ISBN: 9780262540971
ISBN 10: 0262540975
Series: Graham Foundation / MIT Press Series in Contemporary Architectural Discourse
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 31 July 1998
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Evictions: Art and Spatial Politics

"""Rosalyn Deutsche speaks in a language foreign to architectural debate: questioning, disruptive, uncompromising. . . . I would recommend, even implore anyone prepared to risk the comfort of their own position to read this book and embrace its arguments.""--Gillian Horn, ""Building Design"" & quot; Rosalyn Deutsche speaks in a language foreign to architectural debate: questioning, disruptive, uncompromising. . . . I would recommend, even implore anyone prepared to risk the comfort of their own position to read this book and embrace its arguments.& quot; -- Gillian Horn, Building Design "" Rosalyn Deutsche speaks in a language foreign to architectural debate: questioning, disruptive, uncompromising. . . . I would recommend, even implore anyone prepared to risk the comfort of their own position to read this book and embrace its arguments."" -- Gillian Horn, ""Building Design"""